U.S. Politics
Quinn Mootz said in a series of Twitter posts, which have since been deleted, that “Jews are not POC [People of Color] for just being Jewish.”
“The core of the administration’s Iran strategy is a devil’s bargain that will funnel billions into Iran’s imperial project across the Middle East in exchange for a temporary reprieve from Iran’s relentless march towards nuclear-weapons capability,” said John Hannah, a senior fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
“I’m ready to go all-in on this mission and bring New York back from the brink and return it to glory,” said the congressman from Long Island.
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price dismissed the criticism, saying that it took oversight of UNRWA “extraordinarily seriously,” and that it would now have “a seat at the table.”
Plans in the works are not only to restart funding for UNRWA; the new administration is pushing more fiscal aid and a return to the negotiating table as Palestinians head for elections in May.
Knesset speaker disqualifies Joint Arab List MKs’ oaths of office due to altered wording after each lawmaker vows: “I pledge to fight the [Israeli] occupation, racism and apartheid.”
In the face of Tehran’s determination and continued violations of the 2015 agreement, the U.S. administration’s firm stance on full Iranian compliance as a condition for lifting sanctions may crack.
A rare interview with IDF Maj. Gen. Tal Kalman, the head of the Israeli military’s Iran directorate.
The move reflects Washington’s assessment that the measures adopted by the previous administration were “inappropriate and ineffective,” says U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
In addition to COVID relief, $75 million will go to short-term projects aimed at rebuilding U.S.-Palestinian relations, plus funds for sanitation, transportation, job training and grants for small businesses.
“For 30 years, we’ve tried the path of isolationism, and it hasn’t gotten us anywhere. It’s time for a change,” says a senior member of the Arab-Israeli party.
The language, however, “is not meant to convey a position on any final-status issues to be negotiated between the parties to the conflict.”
